Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1942

Wednesday 21 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 592 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 20 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 21 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 22:46 on Tue 20 Jan to 22:56 on Wed 21 Jan.

    1942-01-20T14:45:42Z → 1942-01-21T14:55:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 20th, 12:06–12:54 on the 21st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 35547 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1942: Wednesday 21 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1942 falls on Wednesday 21 January. Pañcamī runs from 22:46 on Tue 20 Jan to 22:56 on Wed 21 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 Jan
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/shri-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:46 → 06:5611:4048 min11:410 min20 Jan
Chicago08:46 → 08:5611:3848 min11:380 min20 Jan
Jersey City09:46 → 09:5611:4448 min11:440 min20 Jan
Port of Spain10:46 → 10:5611:5348 min11:530 min20 Jan
London15:46 → 15:5612:480 min12:4848 min21 Jan
Durban16:46 → 16:5611:430 min11:4348 min21 Jan
Dubai18:46 → 18:5612:060 min12:0648 min21 Jan
Delhi21:16 → 21:2613:080 min13:0848 min21 Jan
Kolkata21:16 → 21:2612:240 min12:2448 min21 Jan
Singapore22:16 → 22:2612:220 min12:2248 min21 Jan
Sydney01:46 → 01:5612:420 min12:4248 min21 Jan
Suva02:46 → 02:5611:530 min11:5348 min21 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shri-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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